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 * Copyright (c) 2005, romain guy (romain.guy@jext.org) and craig wickesser (craig@codecraig.com)
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package net.java.swingfx.common;

/**
 * A utilites class which provides "helper" methods used throughout the SwingFX
 * suite. This class provides a variety of methods which can be accessed in a
 * static way.
 * 
 * @author craig wickesser, 19/02/2005
 * @since 1.0 <br>
 *        $Revision: 1.1 $
 */
public class Utils {

	private Utils() {
	}

	/**
	 * Determines if the given <code>String</code> is <code>null</code> or empty
	 * 
	 * @param val
	 *            the <code>String</code> to check
	 * 
	 * @return <code>true</code> if <code>val</code> is <code>null</code> or
	 *         empty, <code>false</code> otherwise
	 */
	public static boolean isNullOrEmpty(String val) {
		if (val == null || val.equals("")) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
}